Jobs created as online car retailer invests in new Birmingham site

Online car retailer Cazoo, the main shirt sponsor for Premier League football club Aston Villa, has invested £1m in a new customer centre in Birmingham.

Following openings in Manchester, London, Bristol and Cardiff earlier this month, the latest site has opened today at Tyburn Road, a move which has created 15 jobs.

The location was formerly home to Imperial Cars which was acquired by Cazoo in July.

The company has since invested £1m into refitting the site and creating 15 customer-facing and vehicle-servicing jobs.

Cazoo has plans to open a total of 16 sites across the UK before the end of the year, creating more than 200 new job opportunities.

Launched last year, Cazoo is pioneering the shift to online car buying in the UK and is already selling thousands of cars a month to customers all across the UK.

Since its launch, it says consumers have been embracing the transparency and convenience of buying used cars entirely online and the rollout of its local customer centres will further enhance the Cazoo offering.

Neil Smith, retail director at Cazoo, said: “We have been delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response of consumers to our online car buying proposition. With our ever-increasing number of sales, these new Customer Centres will provide more options to our customers on when and how they want to receive their Cazoo car and will allow us to serve them better through our own service centres.

“We’re excited to be opening in Birmingham as we reinvent the car buying experience and continue our mission to provide better selection, transparency, convenience and peace of mind to used car buyers across the UK.”